Composers -- Biography
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Franklin Madsen collection of biographies
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1143
Scope and Contents
Typewritten biographies of musicians, composers, and painters from various places in Europe. Also included are questions and summaries of chapters found in the "Essentials in Music History." The dates of the compositions of these items are uncertain.
Dates:
approximately 1950
Leroy J. Robertson scores and other material
Collection
Identifier: MSS 7768
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of published scores with accompanying manuscripts and/or photocopies of many of Robertson's works, as well as computer-burned sound recordings and a typewritten draft copy of Wilson's book, "Leroy Robertson: Music Giant from the Rockies," with annotations, circa 1930-2007.
Dates:
approximately 1930-2007
Tibor Serly letters to Henry Pleasants
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311190]
Identifier: MSS SC 1332
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and typed letters by Tibor Serly to his close friend Henry Pleasants. The letters mostly deal with personal and music matters such as Serly's career as a composer, music teacher, conductor, writer of musical articles, and violinist. Serly describes his collaborations and professional involvement with such notable figures as Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Louis Zukofsky, Bela Bartok, Zoltan Kodaly, Pietro Mascagni, Arturo Toscanini, Leopold Stokowski, Samuel Barber, Igor...
Dates:
1931-1951